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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2008, 6:14 PM CDT for Colbert County, Franklin County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2008, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 2, 6:00 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 6:00 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 2, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 88 min |
| Aug 2, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 4:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 90 min |
| Aug 2, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lawrence | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 4:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 6:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 29 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.